Tears of Joy · Speak Your Way To Cash

Apr '25 • Wins

Tears of Joy

Long & vulnerable post. It’s a safe space right?

This moment doesn’t show the tears, the setbacks, or the almost quitting. But it does show what happens when you decide to show up anyway.

Hey y’all, hey Ashley. Not to be too personal, y’all, but I met Ashley on YouTube a little over a month ago at a very critical time in my business. I lost my two high-ticket clients almost simultaneously, and it has caused a strain on my business. I was going to shut my business down and try to return back to the workforce—even though I’ve been running my business for years.

I’ve always had a secret desire to do corporate consulting, but I was just overwhelmed at what the process looked like. I found Ashley on YouTube, and she struck my attention. I knew in that moment that I couldn’t afford her services yet, but I was just drawn to her entrepreneur expertise. I was drawn to her energy. I was drawn to her spirit. I was drawn to her love and passion for her work. I was drawn to her wisdom. And it was just so refreshing to see another Black, strong, beautiful entrepreneur—educated, wise—but standing in her full power and her full authenticity. And I knew that I needed to be in that space.

Long story short, although I can not purchase the membership just yet, but God knows I tried lol, those two days in the Speak Your Way to Cash Summit have changed my life.

Even though I knew I couldn’t enroll in the full program yet, I made the decision to apply everything I had access to. I took the VIP workbook I purchased, went back through the replay, and kept binge-watching her YouTube videos. I followed her instructions, I used her tools, and I implemented her strategies. And that decision has already produced results.

Last week I begin prospecting using Ashley’s tips for finding leads, I identified 99 strong prospects, and today sent out personalized pitches, and prepared my full follow-up sequence for the week. I also rebuilt my entire LinkedIn presence from scratch—and in just a few days, I’ve grown from zero to over 100 followers, with real healthcare leaders starting to engage with my work.

I even shut down my old social media accounts and launched brand-new ones this week, because I want a clean, aligned digital footprint that reflects the healthcare leadership consulting space I’m stepping into—so when decision-makers look me up, they see exactly who I am and what I bring

Whether they respond right now or not, I can’t tell y’all the sense of gratitude I feel—the sense of worthiness, accomplishment, hope, and excitement that I feel. I’ve done something today, thanks to Ashley, that I’ve been dreaming about for 10 years: just to be able to pitch my work to healthcare consultants and share my leadership development framework in neuroscience is absolutely miraculous to me. Ashley mentioned briefly in her presentation last week the importance of talking to these key decision-makers about science and the brain. That felt like confirmation from God that I’m on the right path.

Anyway, this is long, but I just wanted to tell everybody in the community thank you for praying and holding space for me in advance. We’re all on different journeys, but we’re all here together with our visions and our desires.

This was hard for me to be vulnerable, because I’m never vulnerable—ever. So I pray that this is a safe space to just share my heart.

Vanessa

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